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Grats @Zacharee1 on 10K!

@Seth Correction: Those who can, do. Those who can't, hold meetings.

The final beta for Ubuntu 17.04, Zesty Zapus, has been released.

I remember privacy. People used to like it.

Our answer rate is unacceptable, keep up the review efforts, and answering those questions!

Ubuntu Utopic (14.10) is dead. It reached End of Life today (July 23, 2015).‌​

← Please rate my service over here.

I thought it was what grape juice turns into when it goes bad

@terdon Bloody Arch hipsters thinking they invented the moustache. SlackBuilds and Gentoo users would like a word with you.

Canonical’s GitHub Account Gets Hacked Whoopsie.

On another note, @EliahKagan is back! Yay!

@Error404 Correct. You have to ask OpenBSD-geeks about songs.

for all you 32bit Chrome users (ANY Ubuntu version) + ALL 12.04 chrome users - you should now use another browser ... Google are no longer providing updates and security fixes. You have been warned - groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/chromium-dev/FoE6sL-p6oU/…

PSA: If you're wondering why you lost rep with reversal recently, you might want to read this

hey guys - this is going to be a busy few days. If you see a question that says "I've upgraded and something has stopped working" ... that is usually a sign of a bug. Please point the OP towards filing a bug report and lets close the question - flag away if you dont have close votes. Thanks.

Heads up: OpenSSL is going to be announcing a high-impact vulnerability with patched source code on May 3, 2016.

Windows 10: A 64-bit wrapper around a 32-bit extension and graphical shell to a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor which was written by a 2-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition...

I'm really happy now, thank you everyone for expressing your trust in me. I promise to do my best to live up to these expectations :)

The 16.10 codename will be "Yakkety Yak"

A new website showcasing GNOME apps is on and it's beautiful: apps.gnome.org

NEVER INSTALL WINDOWS

So. I am nearly deaf from accidentally piping an MP3 file to aplay.

Anyone who was affected, helped, taught, inspired or anything else by Shog and who would like to give something back can go here: gofundme.com/f/thanking-josh-heyer-for-shaping-stack-overflow

Congrats to our newest 10k user, @TheXed!

Before we star anything, we need to say things worth starring.

Great job with the anniversary Zanna

[PSA] Please don't ask questions in Chat, unless they're really fast (or really complex and have a parent question already). It's better to post them on the main site, because then more people see it, and others have easier access to any answers posted!

Ubuntu 17.10 will be named Artful Aardvark.

Why have I never heard of this site before: explainshell.com - match command-line arguments to their help text?

/etc/modprobe.d$ cd Downloads
bash: cd: Downloads: No such file or directory
$ sudo !!

^ evidently it is bedtime...

Everyone: Final 17.04 ISO's are out - community flavours need your help to test these. Please spare some time. cheers - iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/375/builds (this will help also - tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/04/27)

Happy birthday @luis-alvarado !!!! Have a great day man and eat a lot of cake :)

Zanna exited with non-zero status

Be thankful for all you have now before rioting tomorrow to buy new stuff.

Ubuntu is a peaceful OS. No duelling please

@Serg : Congratulations my friend ! :) You've made it into the international press -> omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/… ... well done - really well done ! :)

I would like to suggest user tags :D we have a tag chili555 and add it to all wifi related q's >:)

Happy birthday @JacobVlijm too~